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GOVT PLANS TO PHASE OUT POWER GENERATORS The Federal Government said there are plans to boost power generation and phase out the use of power generators in individual homes and offices. This is as the government concluded plans to unveil the Integrated Resource Plan for the power sector. The Special Adviser to the Minister of Power on Strategic Communications and …

GOVT PLANS TO PHASE OUT POWER GENERATORS

GOVT PLANS TO PHASE OUT POWER GENERATORS The Federal Government said there are plans to boost power generation and phase out the use of power generators in individual homes and offices. This is as the government concluded plans to unveil the Integrated Resource Plan for the power sector. The Special Adviser to the Minister of Power on Strategic Communications and …

CEMENT BAG IS TOO COST, REDUCE PRICE TO ₦‎7,000 PER BAG – UMAHI The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has lamented the skyrocketing price of cement, stating that it has had a significant negative effect on ongoing infrastructure projects across the country. The minister also appealed to cement manufacturers to reduce the price from N9,500 to N7,000, urging that such …

TOTAL SHAMELESSNESS – EL-RUFAI FIRES BACK AT RENO OMOKRI Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has hit back at ex-presidential aide Reno Omokri, following allegations that he played a role in the genocide of Southern Kaduna Christians. Omokri had accused El-Rufai of enabling violence and demolishing the homes of political opponents while in office. He also referenced El-Rufai’s controversial past …

I INHERITED N8.9BN DEBT AS APC CHAIRMAN – GANDUJE Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has disclosed that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) under his leadership, inherited a debt burden of N8.9 billion. Ganduje revealed this in Abuja while speaking at the ongoing National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the APC. According to …

TRUMP THREATENS 25% TARIFF ON EU, SAYS BLOC WAS FORMED TO SCREW USA Donald Trump has said he will impose 25% tariffs on the EU “very soon” and claimed the bloc was “formed in order to screw the United States”. The US president made the remarks while holding his first cabinet meeting at the White House since his inauguration in …

I CHALLENGE ANY LAWYER TO SHOW ME WHERE COURT REINSTATED SACKED OSUN LG CHAIRMEN – OKUTEPA A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jubril Okutepa has challenged any lawyer to quote any section of the Court of Appeal judgement that ordered the reinstatement of the sacked Osun council chairmen. Speaking on Arise TV News Night on Tuesday evening, the SAN said the …

NIGERIAN BILLIONAIRE FOLORUNSO ALAKIJA, LOSES SIGHT Nigerian billionaire Folorunso Alakija has lost her sight, according to medical sources involved in her care. Sources revealed that the 73-year-old founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil began experiencing health issues after a near air mishap. She was travelling with her husband, Modupe Alakija, Chairman of Famfa Oil, when the incident caused …

MURTALA MUHAMMED WAS ASSASSINATED FOR REFUSING TO SHARE POWER -IBB Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has revealed that the assassination of Major General Murtala Muhammed on February 13, 1976, was rooted in his refusal to accept a power-sharing arrangement after the coup that brought him to power in 1975. Babangida, in his recently launched autobiography, ‘A Journey …